Was nominated for a 2010 TV Quick Award for Best New Drama
Attended Northwestern University where she took part in an interdepartmental major incorporating theater, communications, and film
Got her start as a director's assistant on the 1995 film "Vampire in Brooklyn․"
Quote: "Hearing other people's stories and trying to understand what makes people do what they do and say what they say, I can then take that into shaping of characters that I write for․ Then I feel like I've got a context for human behavior․"
Frequently produces projects that involve supernatural plotlines
Best known for writing and producing the TV series "The Vampire Diaries" and "Kyle XY․"